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Ministry of Steel
Vigilance Awareness Week – 2022 begins at RINL
Shri Atul Bhatt, CMD, RINL, and employees take the Integrity Pledge
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited , Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, is observing Vigilance Awareness Week – 2022, from 31.10.2022 to 6.11.2022 as per the directives of Central Vigilance Commission .
In a programme held at the administrative building of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant on 31st October ,2022, Shri Atul Bhatt, CMD, RINL, Directors, Senior officers and employees took the integrity pledge .
Heads of various departments of VSP and employees at various locations in the plant, mines, liaison and marketing offices outside Vizag also took the integrity pledge.
To commemorate the Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, a “Run for Unity '' / “Walkathon” was organized jointly by the Sports and Vigilance departments of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, on 31st October ,2022 , at Ukku Stadium. Over three hundred school children, employees, housewives, youth and yoga practitioners participated in the event. RINL’s Vigilance Dept. joined the activity as part of it’s campaign to celebrate Vigilance Awareness Week with an intent to fight against corruption.
Run for Unity is held every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The day is also known as National Unity Day or Rashtriya Ekta Diwas. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. A. P. Naveen Kumar advised the children to be self disciplined and keep themselves physically fit along with being honest. All these aspects combined together would result in them being good citizens of the country, he added.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
THREE YEARS RIGOROUS IMPRISONMENT TO TWO OFFICIALS OF HDFC BANK IN A BRIBERY CASE OF Rs. TWO LAKH
The Special Judge, CBI cases, Pune  has sentenced a former Relationship Manager , HDFC Bank Ltd., Baramati to undergo 3 years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs. 60,000/- and then-Rural Sales Executive, HDFC Bank Ltd. Jalochi Branch, Baramati to undergo 3 years RI with fine of Rs.10,000/- in a bribery case.
CBI had registered a case on 30.07.2020 against the former Relationship Manager, HDFC Bank, Baramati, District- Pune on complaint. It was alleged that he had demanded bribe of Rs. 2,70,000/- from the Complainant for sanction & disbursement of loan amount of Rs. 99 lakh from HDFC Bank, Baramati Branch, District-Pune to the Complainant. Later, the bribe was negotiated to Rs. 2.25 lakh, of which an amount of Rs. 2 lakh was to be given initially. The Relationship Manager then sent his junior the then- Rural Sales Executive, HDFC Bank, Baramati Branch to collect the bribe from the Complainant.
CBI laid a trap and caught the Rural Sales Executive red-handed while accepting the bribe of Rs. 2 lakh from the Complainant. Both the said accused were arrested. Searches were conducted at the premises of the accused which led to recovery of incriminating documents.
After investigation, chargesheet was filed on 18.12.2020 against both the accused before the Special Judge, CBI cases, Pune.
The Trial Court found both the accused guilty and convicted them.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Shri Gowda reviews Performance and Furure Preparedness of Fertilizer PSUs
Asks CMDs of Fertilizer PSUs to ensure farmers getting fertilisers in adequate quantity in time
Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Sadananda Gowda, held a review meeting with CMDs of fertilisers PSUs to take stock of performance of their PSUs as well as their preparedness for future.
The meeting was attended by Shri Chhabilendra Roul, Secretary  and Shri Virendra Nath Datt, CMD , Shri S C Mudgerikar, CMD , Shri Kishor Rungta, CMD , Shri U Saravanan, CMD , Shri A K Ghosh, CMD  and Shri Amar Singh Rathore, CMD .
In his opening remarks, Shri Gowda congratulated fertiliser PSUs for their strong contribution in making fertilisers available to farmers by keeping their manufacturing units in operation, and ensuring distribution of urea and other fertilizers across the country, despite facing various hurdles during the lockdown period. Because of efforts of domestic companies and proactiveness of officers of Department of Fertilisers, there was no shortage of urea in the country, even when demand for urea shot up due to better than expected rainfall and substantial increase in area under farming Kharif season.
He asked CMDs of Fertilizer PSUs to gear up for upcoming Rabi season, and ensure that farmers get fertilisers in adequate quantity in time. He directed CMDs to chalk out a common strategy to encourage cashless transaction for sale of fertilisers to reduce diversion and leakages of subsidies in line with the overall vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi .
While interacting with CMDs, Shri Gowda stressed on the need for PSUs to become self-sustainable, and said that in future, PSUs should not depend upon budgetary support from Government of India. The need of the hour is to go for diversification of product basket, development of new products such as nano-fertilisers and customized fertilisers, technology upgradation and if necessary, through revamping of existing plants if they have to sustain in future, and compete with private sector and imported fertilisers. He added that fertiliser PSUs should also be sensitive towards environmental concerns as introduction of any environment related policies in future may disrupt their viability.
Shri Roul, Secretary  added that fertiliser PSUs should also continuously make efforts to strengthen their disaster management plan.
During the meeting, CMDs gave brief about performance of their respective PSUs in current financial year, and highlighted investment made for technological upgradation and revamping of their plants to increase their sustainability. They also provided information about their future plans for expansion to strengthen their companies.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people on the occasion of Janmashtami
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted people on the occasion of Janmashtami.
“सभी देशवासियों को श्रीकृष्ण जन्माष्टमी की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं। जय श्रीकृष्ण!
Janmashtami greetings to everyone! May the blessings of Bhagwan Shri Krishna always bring happiness and good health in our lives. Jai Shri Krishna!”, the Prime Minister said.
PIB Headquarters
DAK ADALAT TO SOLVE PROBLEMS RELATING TO POSTAL SERVICES
Department of Post proposes to hold Dak Adalat for Settlement of grievances relating to Postal services. Dak Adalat for 3rd Quarter ending on 30.09.2019 will be held at 11:00 hours onwards on 22.10.2019  in the O/o the Postmaster General, Head Quarter Region, Speed Post Bhavan, Shahibaug, Ahmedabad-380004.
The Postmaster General will hear each complainant individually and settle the problem of public on the spot. The idea of the above stated Adalat is to give a personal hearing and settlement of problems of the Public on the spot.
The complaints of Postal services related to Head Quarter Region, Ahmedabad should be sent to Shri V K Darji, Asstt. Director Postal Services , Complaint section, O/o the Postmaster General, Ahmedabad Head Quarter Region, Speed Post Bhavan, Shahibaug, Ahmedabad-380004, so as to reach latest by 11.10.2019 . The complaints received after the due date will not be entertained.
The complaints should be concrete and in brief. The complaints of a general nature and of policy matters will not be entertained. Moreover, the complaints should not contain more than one point or subject in one application.
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Ministry of Tourism
Ministry of tourism has not issued any letter on closing of hotels/restaurants till 15th October 2020 due to Coronavirus outbreak
It has been noticed by the Ministry of Tourism that a fake letter claiming that hotels/restaurants will remain closed till 15th October 2020 due to Coronavirus outbreak doing the rounds in social media in the name of Ministry of Tourism and creating panic among whole tourism sector. The Ministry of Tourism has clarified that “no such letter has been issued by Ministry of Tourism”and people must not believe such kind of fake news.
The same has also been clarified on PIBFactCheckas follows:
Ministry of Tourism had already issued denials on Social media and lodged a complaint with cybercrime unit of Mumbai police. The PIB Fact Check Unit also issued denials a few days back but the fake message is circulating again. PIBFactCheck has reissued the clarification yesterday also. It is requested to all to ignore such messages and only believe on official communication.
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister’s interaction at the Business Lunch hosted by Prime Minister of Greece
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi attended the business lunch hosted by H.E. Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece, in Athens on 25 August 2023.
The event saw participation from leading Indian and Greek CEOs from diverse sectors including shipping, infrastructure, energy, among others.
During his remarks, Prime Minister highlighted India’s progress in areas such as renewables, startups, pharma, IT, digital payments and infrastructure and the various initiatives undertaken to foster business. He acknowledged the role played by these industry leaders in strengthening bilateral relations and promoting economic cooperation between India and Greece.
Prime Minister encouraged the business leaders to utilize the investment opportunities in India and be a part of India’s growth story.
The following CEOs participated in the event:
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Sr. No.
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COMPANY
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EXECUTIVE
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1.
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Elpen
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Mr. Theodore E. Tryfon, CO/CEO
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2.
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Gek Terna Group
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Mr. Georgios Peristeris, Chairman of the BoD
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3.
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Neptunes Lines Shipping and Managing Enterprises S.A.
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Mrs. Melina Travlou, Chair of the BoD
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4.
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Chipita S.A.
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Mr. Spyros Theodoropoulos, Founder
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5.
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Eurobank S.A.
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Mr. Fokion Karavias, CEO
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6.
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Temes S.A.
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Mr. Achilles Constantakopoulos, Chairman and CEO
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7.
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Mytilineos Group
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Mr. Evangelos Mytilineos, Chairman and CEO
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8.
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Titan Cement Group
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Mr. Dimitri Papalexopoulos, Chairman of the BoD
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9.
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Intas Pharmaceuticals
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Mr. Binish Chudgar, Vice Chairman
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10.
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EEPC
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Mr. Arun Garodia, Chairman
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11.
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Emcure Pharmaceuticals
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Mr. Samit Mehta, MD and CEO
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12.
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GMR Group
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Mr. Srinivas Bommidala, Group Director
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13.
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ITC
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Mr. Sanjiv Puri, Chairman and MD
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14.
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UPL
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Mr. Vikram Shroff, Director
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15.
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Shahi Exports
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Mr. Harish Ahuja, MD
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Shri Nitin Gadkari lays Foundation Stone of the world's largest and unique Divyang Park - Anubhuti Inclusive Park in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
This park is being developed keeping in mind the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to build an inclusive society, instead of sympathy, this park will show empathy : Shri Nitin Gadkari
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari today laid the Foundation Stone of the world's largest and unique Divyang Park - Anubhuti Inclusive Park in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
Speaking on the occasion he said this park is being developed keeping in mind the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to build an inclusive society. He said instead of sympathy, this park will show empathy, hence this park has been named Anubhuti Divyang Park.
Shri Gadkari said through this park the message of inclusion will reach not only in the country but also in the whole world. The Minister said the park will have adapted facilities for all 21 types of disabilities, It will have facilities like touch and smell garden, hydrotherapy unit, water therapy, independent room for mentally challenged children, mother.
Shri Gadkari said Nagpur city is one of the fastest growing cities of the country. In 2016, the central government passed the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act for the rights of persons with disabilities. He said this law is to give the disabled the right to live with dignity. Taking initiative under this, the Central Government has created some Divyang Parks in South India and Madhya Pradesh, In this series, this 'Anubhuti Inclusive Park' is being built for disabled children and general citizens in Pardi campus of Nagpur ,he added.
The Minister said this is the world's first inclusive disabled park, a provision of about Rs 12 crore has been made by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, for this park being built in an area of 90 thousand square feet. He said here, various projects have been conceptualized for the disabled as well as for the general public and senior citizens.
Ministry of External Affairs
Cabinet approves Amendment to the Article 3 of the Agreement between India and Bhutan regarding MHEP in order to extend the loan repayment tenure by two years
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved Amendment to the Article 3 of the Agreement between India and Bhutan regarding Mandechhu Hydro Electric Project  in order to extend the loan repayment tenure by two years extended by India to Bhutan, for implementation of the said Project in Bhutan from fifteen  to seventeen  years.
Benefits:
The proposal aims to secure:
- The First Year Tariff for import of power from the 720 MW MHEP in Bhutan at Indian Rupees 4.12 per unit.
- Certainty ot supply of surplus power to India by Bhutan from MHEP.
- Strengthening India-Bhutan economic relations and inter-linkages especially in the field of hydro-power co-operation and overall deepening of India-Bhutan relations.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Sports Minister Shri Anurag Thakur meets World Youth Archery Championship winners; congratulates them for big medal haul
The initiatives taken under the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to develop and nurture the grassroots level talent are showing results: Anurag Thakur
Key Highlight:
- Team India registered a total of 15 medals – 8 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze, from the World Youth Archery Meet in Wroclaw, Poland
Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Anurag Thakur interacted with the World Youth Archery Championship winners during an event on Tuesday and congratulated them for making the nation proud. Team India registered a total of 15 medals – 8 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze, from the archery meet in Wroclaw, Poland.
Shri Thakur heaped praise on the diversified and existing talent pool the country has at the grassroots level. “The initiatives taken under the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to develop schemes such as the Khelo India to develop and nurture the grassroots level talent are showing results in Championships like this. It is overwhelming to see so many of our youth across the country are bringing laurels to across all sports and going forward, it gives us major hopes. I congratulate all the young archers and wish them all the luck in the competitions ahead. As they transition to the senior team, they shall be getting all the possible support to compete at the high-performance level,” Shri Thakur said.
The gold medalists included the Cadet Compound Women’s Team, the Cadet Compound Men’s Team, the Junior Recurve Men’s Team, the Cadet Recurve Men’s Team, the Cadet Compound Men’s Team, the Cadet Recurve Mixed Team, the Junior Recurve Mixed Team and Komolika Bari, who won the gold in the Junior Recurve Women’s Individual event.
Komolika, who won two gold medals, in the individual and the mixed doubles events, also won the coveted medal at the 2019 World Cadet Championships. A part of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme Core team, Komalika, also another TATA Academy product, became the national champion in Women’s Individual Recurve at the 41st NTPC Junior Archery National Championship held in Dehradun in March 2021. Her tremendous rise came to the fore since the Khelo India games, where she had participated and made podium finishes at the Khelo India Youth Games 2019, 2020 as well as the University Games last year.
The silver medalists from the Poland meet, meanwhile, included Priya Gurjar, who won the Cadet Compound Individual Event and Sakshi Chaudhary from the Compound Junior Individual  event. The bronze medalists included Parneet Kaur in the Compound Cadet Women’s category, Rishabh Yadav in the Compound Junior Individual  event, Manjiri Manoj Alone and Bishal Changmai in the Recurve Cadet Individual  event as well as the Cadet Recurve Women’s Team.
Ministry of Textiles
Handloom Clusters
The Government of India, Ministry of Textiles is implementing National Handloom Development Programme / Comprehensive Handloom Cluster Development Scheme for development of Block Level clusters across the country including Andhra Pradesh & Telangana States. Block Level clusters are sanctioned based on the viable proposals received from States Government. A statement showing State-wise number of clusters sanctioned, funds released and beneficiaries covered so far since 2015-16 under National Handloom Development Programme / Comprehensive Handloom Cluster Development Scheme  across the country is annexed.
The Comprehensive Handloom Cluster Development Scheme  is implemented for development of Mega Handloom Clusters in clearly identifiable geographical locations covering atleast 15000 handlooms with the Government of India  contribution upto Rs.40 crore per cluster over a period of 5 years. Pursuant to the announcements made by the Hon’ble Union Finance Minister in the respective annual budgets, 08 Mega Handloom Clusters viz. Varanasi , Sivasagar , Virudhunagar , Murshidabad , Prakasam& Guntur districts , Godda&Neighbouring districts , Bhagalpur  and Trichy  have been taken up for development so far.
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Textiles, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Gender Composition of Police Force
As per data on Police Organisation compiled by Bureau of Police Research & Development  out of the actual strength of 19,41,473 of police personnel in States/UTs as on 01.01.2018, the strength of women police personnel is 1,69,550.
“Police” is a State subject falling in List-II  of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. It is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments/UT Administrations to implement police reforms measures, including improvement of gender balance. The Centre also issues advisories to the States for increasing number of women in the police forces up to 33% in the States. It has also been advised to strengthen welfare measures such as provision of housing and medical facilities and restroom facilities for women police personnel in Police Stations to attract women to the Police Force and ensure safety.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply to question in the Rajya Sabha today.
UPSC
Indian Forest Service Examination, 2018
Based on the results of the Indian Forest Service  Examination, 2018 held by Union Public Service Commission in December, 2018 followed by Personality Test held from 28.01.2019 to 01.02.2019, the following is the list, in order of merit of candidates who have been recommended for appointment to posts in Indian Forest Service.
The number of candidates recommended for appointment under different categories is as under:
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General
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OBC
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SC
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ST
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Total
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36

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33

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13
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07
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8901 Vacancy under General Vacancy has not been filled on account of non-availability of suitable PwBD-1 candidate against current year’s vacancy reserved for PwBD-1.
Appointment to the service will be made by the Government according to the number of vacancies available and fulfilling of other criteria. The number of vacancies intimated by the Government are as under:
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General
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OBC
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SC
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ST
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Total
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46
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24
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13
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07
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90
The candidature of 12 recommended candidates with following Roll Numbers is provisional:
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0813140
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0828815
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0835983
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0884628
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1207400
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1217579
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1232554
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1233866
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1312168
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5608756
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6610950
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6612858
The offer of appointment to the candidates whose result has been kept provisional will not be issued till the Commission verifies the original documents awaited from such candidates. The provisionality of these candidates will remain valid only for a period of three months from the date of declaration of final result. In case the candidate fails to submit the requisite documents as required by the Commission within this period, their candidature will be cancelled and no further correspondence would be entertained in this regard.
UPSC has “Facilitation Counter” near Examination Hall Building in its campus. Candidates may obtain any information / clarification regarding their examination/recruitment on working days between 1000 hrs to 1700 hrs in person or over Telephone Numbers. 23385271 / 23381125 / 23098543. The result will also be available on the website of the UPSC i.e. http://www.upsc.gov.in. The marks of candidates are expected to be available on the website www.upsc.gov.in within fifteen days from the date of publication of result.
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Ministry of Minority Affairs
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi assumes charge as Union Minister for Minority Affairs
Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi assumed charge as Union Minister for Minority Affairs at Antyodaya Bhawan in New Delhi today. Shri Sailesh, Secretary, Ministry of Minority Affairs and other senior officials of the Ministry welcomed the Minister.
While talking to reporters, Shri Naqvi said that “3E- Education, Employment and Empowerment” will be his priority to ensure socio-economic-educational empowerment of Minorities. Our commitment is to provide fruits of development to the last person of the society.
Shri Naqvi said that providing quality education to Minorities will be our priority. The Ministry of Minority Affairs will launch nation-wide awareness campaign on war footing to reduce school dropout rate among Minority especially Muslim girls. Schools, colleges, ITIs, polytechnics, hostels, Sadbhav Mandap etc will be constructed on war footing in Minority concentrated areas across the country to ensure better educational infrastructure under Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karykram.
Shri Naqvi said that the campaign to provide employment and employment opportunities to master artisans from Minority community will be further accelerated. “Hunar Haat”, which has been proved to be an effective measure to provide employment and employment opportunities to master artisans, will be organised across the country in the coming days.
Shri Naqvi said that the Ministry of Minority Affairs has prepared a 100-days roadmap to strengthen Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s commitment to “Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas”. Shri Naqvi said that besides, 100 per cent digitalisation and GPS mapping of waqf properties across the country will also be priority of the Minority Affairs Ministry.
He was born on 15th October, 1957 at Bhadari Village in Allahabad, Shri Naqvi has completed his BA  and post-graduation in Mass Communication. He has continued writing on several socio-political-cultural issues and working for the uplift of artisans and craftsmen.
Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi served as Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs in 1998 in Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government. During his tenure, he took major decisions and initiated reforms like Direct to Home broadcast system  and giving industry status to Indian film industry. In the last Government during 2014 to 2019, he served as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Independent Charge of Minority Affairs and then Cabinet Minister for Minority Affairs. Shri Naqvi played a crucial role in several key legislative works and passage of various important Reform Bills.
Shri Naqvi has been chairman and member of many Parliamentary Committees and Haj committees, Consultative committees and Joint Parliamentary Committees.